My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 1469: Chapter 1298_2

In his previous life, the [Real] scenes experienced by Li Fan were utterly different.

The exterior scenes of [Real] seemed unaffected and remained still. However, images engulfed by fog around him flickered intermittently. Brightness fluctuated, like an old television losing its signal.

At that moment, Li Fan’s mind was nearly blank.

He had no means of counteraction, only to wait, like undergoing judgment, for his ultimate fate to descend.

Fortunately,

[Real] eventually activated successfully, and Li Fan found himself back at the anchor point.

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Once the very familiar scenery appeared before his eyes, Li Fan felt weak and broke out in a cold sweat.

Thinking of this, Li Fan’s rasp slid, and the initially perfect little cat woodcarving was instantly ruined.

Li Fan tossed it aside and picked up another piece of wood to start carving.

Clearing all distractions from his Spirit Consciousness, he concentrated deeply.

When a statue resembling Kitty Treasure, yet lacking two ears, was formed, Li Fan felt his heart calm down significantly.

He began to rethink the experiences of his last life.

The greatest gain from his last life was knowing about Kitty Treasure and acquiring a tangible understanding of what lies beyond the High Wall.

Li Fan had once planned, if possible, to try crossing the High Wall using the inheritance left by Mr. Bai. Now, however, he temporarily dismissed that thought.

Though what lies beyond the High Wall is terrifying, it doesn’t yet greatly impact the current Li Fan.

From what could be observed of Kitty Treasure’s actions, only beings at the level of a True Immortal genuinely caught its eye.

Li Fan was still far from reaching the Realm of True Immortality.

Being too weak, there was no need for undue worry.

Regarding the terrifying origins of Kitty Treasure, based on his experiences from his last life, Li Fan had two guesses.

First, Kitty Treasure might actually be a creation by the Nameless Immortal who created the Fishing Pond.

It might even be an extension of the Nameless Immortal’s power.

The Fishing Pond and Kitty Treasure likely aren’t confined to one location.

Their mission is to search for any surviving True Immortals in the world.

Once they detect Their presence, the Nameless Immortal will descend and devour Them.

Just like the fate of those “Fish Kings” Li Fan once saw at the Fish Pool of Cloud Sea.

But herein lies a problem.

They are devoured because they are valuable.

“Fish Kings” are partitioned because they have been nourished by the Spiritual Power of cultivators participating in the fishing contest. For other Fish Kings, they serve as significant nourishment.

For the Nameless Immortal, who has grasped a certain path and achieved Transcendence, ordinary True Immortals don’t hold significant value worth devouring.

“Or perhaps, the real targets are like True Immortals of Immortal Ruins, who have been contemplating the path for ten thousand years and are on the verge of ascending. They can absorb the enlightenment of the path into themselves, embodying a second, or even multiple paths…”

True Immortals are already far beyond reach. Information about Nameless Immortals is even scarcer. Li Fan could only make rational speculations based on his previous understanding of things.

Apart from Kitty Treasure potentially being an extension of a Nameless Immortal, there was a second guess.

The reason Kitty Treasure appeared in the Fishing Pond was because its target was the Nameless Immortal who entered the path through fishing!

The Fishing Pond scavenges Treasures of the Starry Sky, and upon sensing its power, Kitty Treasure feigned being caught, voluntarily entering the Fishing Pond. The purpose was to hopefully find the Nameless Immortal behind it.

As the saying goes, the fisherman is also fished.

But during idle times waiting for prey to take the bait, it discovered another True Immortal—quite an unexpected delight.

From Kitty Treasure’s expression at the end of his last life, it did not seem to be picky.

The appearance of Immortal Ruins True Immortal was also a pleasant surprise.

The implications behind the second guess were far more frightening than the first.

After all, Li Fan had long been aware of the existence of the Nameless Immoral.

The realm of Nameless Immortals stands even above True Immortals. Instantly killing a True Immortal is only to be expected.

But if the second guess holds true…

Then it means Kitty Treasure is very likely just a vanguard.

A hunter deployed by a civilization beyond the wall, specially tasked with hunting True Immortals and Nameless Immortals.

Li Fan reminisced about the final moments of his past life, where Kitty Treasure leapt upward and headed towards the Immortal Ruins.

“Unable to perceive the specific circumstances within. But the gradual disappearance of the suction force of the Ruins already hints at certain facts.”

“No fluctuations from combat were emitted…”

“The True Immortals of the Ruins likely couldn’t resist much before being captured.”

The reason for using the word “captured” instead of “fallen.”

Is because Li Fan distinctly felt the process of the Ruins’ suction force slowly fading away.

It felt as if the source of the suction force was slowly pulled into the mudbog and gradually vanished.

Rather than being accompanied by the instant dissipation of the suction force upon the fall of a True Immortal.

“If the guess holds true, then the crumbling of the High Wall and the disturbances in the Star Sea are proofs of Kitty Treasure’s backing force aiming to capture a True Immortal.”

“To be able to create an entity like Kitty Treasure, the force beyond the High Wall must have also developed to an unimaginable extent.”

“Capturing True Immortals is profitable.”

“If True Immortals hold any value, it would first be in their Celestial Spiritual Power, and second the Path of True Immortals…”

As Li Fan pondered, he arranged another newly carved wooden statuette of the kitten.

His heart found a bit more tranquility.

Once fear was dispelled, another thought emerged in Li Fan’s mind: “In fact, upon careful consideration, discovering Kitty Treasure isn’t entirely bad for me.”

“At the very least, I now have a means to check the True Immortals. I have the leverage to overturn the table should things not agree.”

“Unlike before, where the arrival of a True Immortal would only result in desperate retreats.”

Li Fan’s eyes flickered: “The only thing that needs caution is the exposure of [Real].”

“From the scenes experienced by [Real] at the end of the last life, the civilization behind Kitty Treasure actually possessed the power to affect [Real].”

“It was not a direct influence on me like the Power of True Immortals that would then trigger [Real].”

“But indeed, it affected [Real] itself.”

“Even if it was just a slight fluctuation in the scenes of [Real]…”

“If I want to utilize the power of Kitty Treasure, it’s inevitable to employ a divided spirit.”

At this thought, Li Fan slightly furrowed his brows.

In his last life, his original body remained stationary within the Yan Fajue space.

He plotted in secret by creating numerous selves.

Divine Entity The Emperor, Sacred Embryo, Multiple Divided Spirits…

Although there weren’t any major issues overall, there were minor instances of loss of control.

For instance, the Divine Entity The Emperor developed a higher moral standpoint. Although it was a setting strongly imposed during the creation of the divided spirit, it nevertheless resulted in irreconcilable contradictions with the original self, eventually leading to a complete severance of contact.

This caused the original’s perception to be cut off. Thus, some details during the battles and encounters with the Law Transmission and the Celestial Doctor became unknowable.

Moreover, the mental stability state of the divided spirits was inferior to the original and other selves. Emotional fluctuations were sometimes too intense, completely contradictory to the original.

Although Li Fan could completely control every action of the divided spirits, he could not completely exempt himself from this loss of control in mental state.

Apart from the factor that divided spirits are merely Divine Senses, too weak on their own.

Li Fan also faintly realized the fundamental reason for the extreme emotional volatility of the divided spirits in his last life.

It was the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra!

First, the Sacred Embryo transmitted the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra to the Qingxuan Army guarding the Roaring Abyss.

Then The Emperor granted the Immortal Heart Spell to the Daqi Forbidden Army.

Over one hundred thousand living beings practiced this method.

Initially, Li Fan hadn’t believed that the widespread dissemination of the Immortal Heart Spell would affect him.

But reality proved him wrong.

The Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra, ever since he embarked on the Immortal Way, had accompanied him throughout.

As it had already blended into his instincts through cultivation, it subtly became one with his being.

When he spread it outward, the capability of the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra to maintain mental stability received corresponding effects.